More #TapeBoxTuesday tat Sorting a box of HDCAM & HDCAM-SR Video Cassettes Sony & Fuji of assorted lengths from 6 mins to 124 mins For size reference, the smaller tapes are exactly the same size as Betamax Cassettes & were used in Cameras The bigger ones were Studio use HDCAM-SR has 44 Heads!!

Ephemera Time on #TapeBoxTuesday Loose in a box of 10.5” NAB Reels IBA Allocation of Network Links - Monday 09-02-76 IBA, happy days, I’m old

Brace for a stream of #TapeBoxTuesday stuff Sorting out, clearing boxes, shifting stuff out the door A selection of 7” Reel to Reel Tape Boxes. Some lovely classic artwork in the mix

Morning

Interference continues on #Freeview today in South East Will likely continue for the next few days We called it Atmospherics when I was a nipper #Midhurst #Heathfield #Rowridge & dependent relays affected DO NOT RETUNE, it will clear

Don’t ever set your Unlock Code to 1, 2, 3, 4 or all 1s etc But if you REALLY have to, don’t unlock your phone on Live TV with millions watching

Is that @beanygreen.bsky.social from his days as a Male Model?

This is why I need lists on my phone #ItsADisease

Today’s ‘I must be getting old’…. Neil Tennant is 72 today

There’s something you’re not telling us

Round up of some recent jobs out n about Communal TV System, not been touched in years, no Earth Bonding, Euro Plugs jammed in with screwdriver. Quote submitted Water logged Coax from leaking Aerial 100 Volt Line BGM System in Surrey Restaurant Sometimes you gotta cheat to find the right Input

Pair, tan, canvas, lovely Got a knotted hankie?

It’s been a Roxy day today Chazza Tape £1 Came home to the Atmos BD from @super-deluxe.bsky.social

Didn’t you like lamb too? Flossy? 😉

Sorting through batch of Tapes from a clearance. Find it sad when it’s clearly an Estate Clearance & Tapes the Old Boy made are just disposed of. He must have spent hours making em, details, writing lists. He loved his music and here it is, all just gone Maybe cause I know it’s gonna be me one day

Ha ha Ha ha ha ha ha Ha ha ha ha You been smoking that crack pipe fella This “slabbing” shite, it’s nuts. A $20 Betamax Tape. Do these really sell? Or is just Money Laundering? It’s just fucking bonkers

If any of you lot ever find yourself in Downtown Asheville, NC, go visit the Moog Museum. It’s a fascinating visit. I missed Wendy Carlos by ONE DAY! When I went they were still hand making Modules, sadly now stopped now it’s owned by a VC. But still a good visit

Goddess Delia ❤️

At last! Chazza dry spell has been broken It’s been about 8 weeks, nothing. Only one thing & it’s not especially exciting, but it’s something Ray Conniff, single sided, white label promo LP. 50p. Woo Hoo. Side 2 looks like test tones How John Menzies ended up with this… In Store Promo Playback?

Betacam SP is now 40 years old If you’ve got Betacam Tapes, time is running out. Some Tapes are beginning to fail, Decks are getting harder to maintain - Spares & Heads We can Capture & Digitise Betacam SP & all Betacam variants - PAL & NTSC, drop us a line

40 years I’ve been doing this FORTY!! I still keep saying “well, I thought I’d seen it all, but…..” Spotted in Sussex Village yesterday afternoon #DishCam

Poor Mr B, or is his at a meeting?

Philips had R2R, but dropped it in ‘72 when they launched VCR 1500 Possibly they bought a cheap second hand Philips LDL

Yep, that would have been B&W Philips was probably one of these?

I do

Well done Broadcasters Tributes to Dame Penelope tonight BBC 2 have an episode of The Good Life Channel 5 have Thanks for The Good Life Both at 7 pm

Let me through….. women & children first….. thank you Seems silly to miss, yes pls

Ooh. The one with Mark Ayers? Or is there another one? I keep meaning to try this one